Ophidiaster agassizi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Ophidiaster
Species: Ophidiaster agassizi

Name

Ophidiaster agassizi Perrier, 1881

Synonymy

• Ophidiaster easterensis Ziesenhenne, 1963 [Synonymised by Mah (2021)]

References

Primary references

• Perrier, E. 1881. Reports on the Results of Dredging by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake" XIV. Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 9: 1-32 BHLReference page.  [original description of Ophidiaster agassizi p. 10–12]

Additional references

• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophidiaster agassizi p. 83]
• Mah, C.L. 2021. The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa. 4980(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 Reference page.  [as Ophidiaster agassizi p. 434–436; synonymy of Ophidiaster easterensis]
• Meissner, M. 1896. Die von Herrn Dr. L. Plate aus Chile und Feuerland heimgebrachten See-Sterne. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 62(1): 91–108. BHL Reference page.  [as Ophidiaster agassizi p. 99]